By Elffie Chew and Chong Pooi Koon
May 31 (Bloomberg) -- Genting Bhd. (GENT MK), which
controls Southeast Asia's biggest casino operator, said first-
quarter profit fell 43 percent because of lower sales from its
Singapore and U.K. gaming resorts as well as plantation
division.
Net income for the three months ended March 31 dropped to
397.8 million ringgit ($129 million), or 10.77 sen a share, from
693.6 million ringgit, or 18.79 sen, a year earlier, according
to a filing to the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange today. Revenue
declined 2.8 percent to 4.13 billion ringgit.